The Holocaust was full of gruesome and atrocious events. The Nazi regime abhorrently killed tons of innocent people including, 1.5 million children. Between January 30, 1933 through May 8, 1945 an egregious event occurred, the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a movement by the Nazi regime during World War II. Over 1.5 million children were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Although many horrific events occurred during the Holocaust one of the worst was the killing of innocent children. The impact of this event will always be remembered. According to extensive historical documentation, children were stripped of their childhoods and treated horrifically during the holocaust.
The Nazi regime can be traced all the way back to Braunau …show more content…
The Hitler Youth was designed to brainwash the kids of Germany. Adolf Hitler wanted his regime to last for many generations. Adolf Hitler stated, ”He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future”. He hoped to present and force upon the principles of Nazism to children. The Hitler Youth learned many survival skills. They were taught to shoot weapons and other competitive athletics. Children involved in this, essentially had their entire childhoods drained. They didn’t get to enjoy free time with their friends and families. Everything in their childhoods was focused on the war at …show more content…
They were brutal not just for children but every single person who entered. Most children were killed on arrival but if not, the camps were filled with gas chambers, hard labor, and terrible living conditions. It is almost unthinkable about what the people who were in the concentration camps had to go through. Auschwitz was a concentration camp located in present day Poland. Too add, “The Auschwitz concentration camp complex was the largest of its kind established by the Nazi regime. It included three main camps. All three camps used prisoners for forced labor. One of them also functioned for an extended period as a killing center” (ushmm np). Most people who entered Auschwitz didn’t come out alive. The use of these gas chambers was a very effective way for the Nazis to kill large groups of people in a short amount of time. Children were also killed shortly after birth. Those few who were born in the ghettos survived due to the prisoners. Some prisoners hid babies around the ghettos. When asked about the state of children in the camp, Lucie Adelsberger
The Nazi regime can be traced all the way back to Braunau …show more content…
The Hitler Youth was designed to brainwash the kids of Germany. Adolf Hitler wanted his regime to last for many generations. Adolf Hitler stated, ”He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future”. He hoped to present and force upon the principles of Nazism to children. The Hitler Youth learned many survival skills. They were taught to shoot weapons and other competitive athletics. Children involved in this, essentially had their entire childhoods drained. They didn’t get to enjoy free time with their friends and families. Everything in their childhoods was focused on the war at …show more content…
They were brutal not just for children but every single person who entered. Most children were killed on arrival but if not, the camps were filled with gas chambers, hard labor, and terrible living conditions. It is almost unthinkable about what the people who were in the concentration camps had to go through. Auschwitz was a concentration camp located in present day Poland. Too add, “The Auschwitz concentration camp complex was the largest of its kind established by the Nazi regime. It included three main camps. All three camps used prisoners for forced labor. One of them also functioned for an extended period as a killing center” (ushmm np). Most people who entered Auschwitz didn’t come out alive. The use of these gas chambers was a very effective way for the Nazis to kill large groups of people in a short amount of time. Children were also killed shortly after birth. Those few who were born in the ghettos survived due to the prisoners. Some prisoners hid babies around the ghettos. When asked about the state of children in the camp, Lucie Adelsberger